Foundry III was a visible sign that the effects of the Great Recession -- which ravaged San Francisco's commercial real estate industry -- was waning.
The project, developed by Tishman Speyer, was the first speculative ground-up office building in the city built since 2007.
"World-class companies want to be in San Francisco," Carl Shannon, a senior managing director at Tishman Speyer and the regional director for Northern California told the Business Times back when the building was completed....